Victorian Periodical Wood Engravings / PL165 Paterfamilias Reading The Times Publication Title: London Society Vol.2 1862 (year of production) Wood engraving mounted on grey card 195 x 125 mm.Purchase: Puttick and Simpson Auctioneers, Leicester Square, London 1924Illustration for the humorous article "Paterfamilias reading the 'Times'"
show object description A group of eight middle-aged men are reading their newspapers. They are arranged 'pyramid'-style, with only the two at the front seen in full sitting on chairs. They are all wearing high shirt collars and frock coats. The two men in the lower left are wearing spectacles. Engraver's (Dalziel ?) signature on the lower margin
A group of eight middle-aged men are reading their newspapers. They are arranged 'pyramid'-style, with only the two at the front seen in full sitting on chairs. They are all wearing high shirt collars and frock coats. The two men in the lower left are wearing spectacles. Engraver's (Dalziel ?) signature on the lower margin --other objects by this Artist-- (Prints1860s) PL162 Beadledom
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